Category: Sports
Ethiopia: CAF Continental Club Football Competitions
Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Premier League Share Company has decided Mekelle 70 Enderta and Fasil Kenema football clubs to participate in the 2020/21 CAF continental club football competitions. Accordingly, Mekelle 70 Enderta, champion of the 2011 E.C. (2018/19) Ethiopian Premier League season will represent Ethiopia in the CAF Champions League. Similarly, Fasil Kenema football club, who…
Mo Farah to focus on 10,000m at Tokyo Olympics
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has confirmed he will skip the 5,000m at the Tokyo Games next summer. Farah, 37, won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London Olympics and Rio Games in 2016 before shifting his focus to marathons. He had confirmed he would defend his 10,000m title at the rescheduled Games. “I’m getting on…
Father of Ethiopian Football :Yidnekachew Tessema
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 11. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues.His father was the famous Ethiopian poet Tessema Eshete and his mother was Mulatwa Gebreselassie. He was intelligent, witty and fluent in four languages (Amharic, English, French and Italian). He also studied Arabic and Swahili. He was one of the founding members of the Confederation Africaine de…
Long-awaited Ethiopia v Eritrea clash delayed again
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has confirmed that it will not be sending a team to the regional Cecafa Regional Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda later this month. It means that an expected match against neighbours Eritrea will not be going ahead – the two nations had initially been drawn in the same group for…
Ethiopian Athletes win 2019 SCO Kunming International Marathon
Kunming: Ethiopian athletes swept the titles in both men’s and women’s events at the 2019 SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Kunming International Marathon in southwest China’s Yunnan province on Sunday. Dereje Debele Tulu from Ethiopia won the men’s full marathon race in 2:13:18, while his compatriot Mulu Seboka Seyfu triumphed in the women’s category in 2:32:54, both smashing the competition’s records. Ethiopian…
Ethiopia shock Ivory Coast as Madagascar win big
Ethiopia under the guidance of local coach Abraham Mebratu, caused an upset in 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying with a 2-1 win over visiting Ivory Coast. That loss allowed Madagascar to go to the top of Group K when they thrashed hosts Niger 6-2. Also on Tuesday in Zimbabwe won in Zambia while in…
Why Kenyans have no equals on the roads
There is concern though that focus in road races will affect Kenya’s show. With opportunities to earn a decent living on the track diminishing, Kenyan athletes have sought refuge on the roads. In the past, the natural progression for the elite runner was transitioning to road running after a decade or so on the track…
Ethiopia: Samuel Breaks World Indoor 1,500m Record
Ethiopia’s Samuel Teferaupstaged compatriot Yomif Kejelcha to break the long-standing world indoor 1500m record* at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meeting in Birminghamtoday. Kejelcha, who last week came within 0.01 of the world indoor mile record, had announced his intentions to break the 1500m mark ahead of his race in Birmingham. The pacemakers hit their required target times, taking Kejelcha…
Somalia to host Eritrea U-20s in first home international since 1988
International football will return to Somalia for the first time in 30 years when the country stages an U-20 game against Eritrea later this month. Somalia last played an international match at home in 1988 when Mauritius were the opponents in the capital Mogadishu in an Olympic qualifier. Ever since, security concerns have prevented Somalia…
U20 game in Somalia to be first international for 30 years
The Somali Football Federation (SFF) has confirmed that its under-20 team will host Eritrea’s under-20’s in a friendly match in Mogadishu on 16 February. The match at the Benadir Stadium will be the first international football at any level in Somalia for more than 30 years. Security concerns mean Somalia have had to play at…
